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Your CIO can reduce virus hoaxes in your firm. Here's how
MYTH: "my computer could be infected if I simply connect to the Internet or dial an infected BBS"
Reality:
Internet connections and BBSs can't write information on your disks -- the communications software you use performs
this task. You can only transfer a dangerous file to your computer if you let your software do it.
Mythical 'modem subcarrier' virus
And there is no "300bps subcarrier" by which a virus can slip through a modem. A joker who called
himself Mike RoChenle ("micro channel," get it?) started this hoax after leaving a
techy-joke message on a public network. Unfortunately, some highly respected journalists got taken in by the
joke.
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